There had been a lot of speculation and rumors about success and developer’s interest in Windows 8 lately and given the milestone above, I want to make a fair comparison of Windows 8 reaching this milestone vs. other similar and competitive platforms,

Store to hit 100,000 apps

Approximate time to reach 100,000 apps

Windows 8

8 months

Windows Phone

18 months

App Store with iPad specific apps

14 months

Android

18 months

There are strong figures and should speak for themselves but with the comparison in place I only want to stress that there is a tremendous opportunity waiting for developers in the horizon of Windows 8 as we anticipate the momentum will see an uplift in months ahead. To get started please visit, How to develop Windows Store apps